Two new studies point in opposite directions. A large new study conducted in Spain and Italy found that beta blockers, drugs often used to slow the heart rate and lower blood pressure, did not provide ...

Our findings in a large, population-based registry of over 20 000 patients with a recent hospitalization for documented HF suggest that prescription of a non-selective beta-blocker is associated with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-blocker use after heart attack in patients with preserved or mildly reduced heart function was assessed in ...

Beta-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction (MI) failed to lower the rate of all-cause death, MI, or heart failure in patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of at least 50%, ...

Current guideline recommendations for the use of beta-blockers after myocardial infarction without reduced ejection fraction are based on trials conducted before routine reperfusion, invasive care, ...

PARIS, France—Patients with myocardial infarction and preserved LVEF who stop their beta-blocker have significant rises in heart rate and blood pressure that appear to increase the likelihood of ...